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Elementary Elementary Foundations of Computer Science Grade 3

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Description

In Foundations of Computer Science Grade 3, students will take a journey through technology as they master important skills, like keyboarding, alongside the Pixel Pals and Chuck the Duck. With Skip, students will practice digital citizenship, ensuring they understand privacy and how to leave a positive digital footprint. Seymour and Luis help learners use the iterative design process to bring digital creations to life. With Shafrira as their guide, students will dive into block-based coding to build algorithms and solve puzzles using debugging skills. From exploring artificial intelligence to mastering troubleshooting, this course empowers students to navigate computer science with confidence and curiosity.

Module One: Cyber Explorers

-Online communication

-Past and present technologies

-Digital citizenship

-Keywords

-Passwords and privacy

-Parental controls

-Keyboarding

-Healthy tech habits

-Digital footprint

-Cyberbullying


Module Two: Inside the Machine

-Hardware and software

-Input and output devices

-Selecting appropriate tools

-Posture

-Networks and information flow

-Saving, editing, and sharing documents

-Keyboarding

-Basic troubleshooting


Module Three: Creative Collaborators

-Collaborative design

-Digital creations

-Iterative design process

-Selecting appropriate tools

-Constructive feedback

-Intellectual property

-Attribution and citing

-Simulations

-Remixing digital resources

-Keyboarding

 

Module Four: Plan, Think, Code

-Coding

-Sequences

-Algorithms

-Decomposition

-Conditional logic

-Block-based coding

-Debugging

-Models and simulations

-Keyboarding


Module Five: The Data Hunt

-Tables, pictographs, and bar graphs

-Collecting and organizing data

-Digital tools

-Keyboarding

-Patterns in data

-Interpreting data

-Drawing conclusions from data


Module Six: Innovators of the Future

-Artificial intelligence

-Adaptive technology

-True and accurate information

-Digital citizenship

-Citing sources

-Keyboarding

-Troubleshooting

-Emerging technology